Latest Red Wheel Sites

A spectacular set of 16 locks and side-pounds, designed by John Rennie and opened in 1810 as the final link in the 87-mile Kennet & Avon Canal

Used 1905-34 by Manchester Corporation Tramways. Reopened 1980 incorporating the oldest section of original tram track in the UK

18th century shipbuilding centre where over 50 ships were constructed for the Royal Navy between 1745 and 1814

Site of ‘Mulberry’ harbour construction and start of the ‘PLUTO’ fuel pipeline – both vital to the success of the 1944 Normandy landings

A unique hydraulic lift, opened in 1875 to speed the passage of cargoes between the Trent & Mersey Canal and the Weaver Navigation

A vital link in the UK canal network, achieved from 1814 by two 5-lock staircases and from 1900-1911 via a unique inclined plane boat lift

A unique complex of tunnels developed since 1778 for limestone and coal mining, for through navigation and increasingly for tourism

Opened in 1774 to raise the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 18 metres up the Aire Valley, this is the steepest lock staircase in Britain

Major port complex, developed from 1795 as the link between the canal network, the River Mersey and later the Manchester Ship Canal

Opened 15 September 1830. Terminus of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway and the world's oldest surviving railway station